6 Easy Ways To Organise Your Blogging Life

I haven’t been doing this all that long, but it hasn’t taken me much time to realise that running a blog is hard work. Don’t get me wrong, being a blogger is such a rewarding experience and the positives far outweigh the negatives. But it seems in order to keep up with the digital world you need a heck of a lot of motivation, patience, ideas and most importantly, time.

However, I have found that just a little forward planning and organisation can make things so much easier, leaving you free to focus on the fun side of blogging – creating, connecting and er, Twitter chats.

Here are my 6 easy ways to organise your blogging life:

Plan Weekly

Planning to me is essential. I think it is the most important thing to do when trying to juggle work, studies, blogging and everything else. A good planner is quite easy to get hold of and can help you stay on top of all your commitments. Each week, I sit down, divide my time and note all the tasks I would like to achieve. I like to make my plans detailed and specific so I know everything has been covered. This is a great way to reduce stress and anxiety as it’s all on paper and not swimming around in your head. And ticking something off your to-do list is quite therapeutic.

I brought my planner from Hobby Craft – you can check out their latest range here.

Take Note

Keeping notes and ideas in a special blogging book works well for me. I jot down everything and anything – future blog posts, twitter chat reminders, things to remember, stats, brands to e-mail, blogs I love reading, anything! Like the planner, having everything on paper means that I can return to any idea at a later date. I don’t need to feel stressed thinking that if I don’t blog this soon I’ll forget it forever. I keep my notebook within easy reach and when inspiration arises I quickly note it down before it disappears.

Create Your Space

When blogging and brainstorming, having a nice clean clutter free space is a good idea. I feel like a tidy space can change everything and allow your thoughts to flow clearly and coherently. It doesn’t take too long to organise either, a few changes here and there can make all the difference. Add a bit of your own unique style too – I brought myself a sushi mouse mat the other day to brighten up my desk. Look around you, can you hide away anything distracting and replace it with inspiration.

Screenshots

Sometimes you can be out and about without a planner, notepad or even a pen. Then what? Well, when ever I stumble across something interesting on my phone, I grab a screenshot. It could be a stunning photograph, stylish flat-lay, a tweet or tip you have read in a blog – anything can be inspirational. That means when you get home you can find that screenshot and add the information to your planner or blog notebook. Simple. You never have to forget an idea ever again.

Be Camera Ready

Following on from the last suggestion: always have your camera ready. Whether that is your phone camera or your fancy blogging camera, wherever you go, take snaps. Even if you don’t know exactly what you will photograph, just having it in your bag means you will never miss that perfect photo opportunity. You never know, a few months later you could be writing a blog post and suddenly have a use for that Starbucks coffee cup you took with the blurry background from one of your days out. It’s amazing, one photograph can spark an idea for an entire blog post.

Don’t Overthink it

Finally, you could be the most organised of bloggers but if your stressing about content then that’s no fun at all. The best blogging ideas are the ones that arise naturally without too much thought. Sometimes you just need to take a step back from your virtual life and go read a book or have a walk and just let the real world inspire you.

Your planner is gorgeous! This is all such great advice, too. I especially like the advice about keeping your camera ready and taking pictures often. There have been so many times that I am in the middle of a blog post and I wish I had a picture of something that I could have gotten if I’d only followed that advice. Thank you for sharing!

Great tips and love the photos! 🙂 As a fairly new blogger, I have definitely noticed that it takes so much more time and effort than I thought. But it’s also been such an awesome experience so far and I’ve learned a ton already, can’t wait to see what the future holds.

Thank you so much for the lovely comment 💕. Blogging does take a lot of effort but it’s so worth it ☺️. Good luck on your blogging journey. I really like you blog and your photography 🌺. I agree, it’s such an exciting adventure and who knows what will happen in the future 😍 xx

Awww, that’s so sweet of you to say, thank you! 🙂 I think the best thing about blogging is the lovely blogging community, I had no idea everyone would be so welcoming and nice! 🙂 Keep up the good work, you are doing so great!

I agree with all of these posts but man, does a little bit of planning go a very long way! I find that my blogging suffers tremendously when I don’t plan things, so I’ve learnt my lesson and have made sure that I have ideas for at least the next couple of weeks.

Thank you for your lovely comment Sophie 💕. I know what you mean – my stuff is everywhere when I’m taking blog photos 😄. I try to tidy up a little before I write anything to help me think better ☺️. I’m glad you like the notebooks! 😘 xx

Oh my gosh, that sushi mouse pad is adorable! I love all these tips! I find writing stuff down the most effective way for me to remember things but I think taking screenshots is such a good idea as well! I’m definitely taking a lot away from your post! Thanks for sharing these tips! 🙂

Your journal is beautiful, puts mine to shame! This is a really good post, completely agree with all the tips! Especially the one about having a space set up – I became so much more efficient once I sorted my desk out and made it cosy. I’m not just as productive in my bed or in front of the telly.

Thank you for reading and commenting Katie 💕. It makes such a big difference having your own desk space! I used to sit on my bed or on the sofa as well, but sitting at a desk makes me more productive and focused. I’m glad you enjoyed the post and thanks for the lovely comments about my journal 😘 xx

Such a good post, Bexa, great tips and your planner is the stuff dreams are made of. Love it! You may have thought of it already but you could do a post on how you set out your planner structure, the doodles you draw etc. I would certainly find that interesting. You’ve made such amazing progress in the short time you have been blogging, congrats! xx

Hi Bexa, what a fantastic blog. I loved the advice and the pictures etc. Do you take all these LOVELY pics yourself?
You’ve wrote about being able to help with self hosting in a comment on wordpress. I was wondering if you could tell me more about that. It’s something I would like to do in 2018 but I havent got much knowledge re: that yet. Do you mean like paying a plan on wordpress and dropping the wordpress.com part in the address or actually asking a company to design a new website for the blog?
I thought you may like to have a look at my blog. You seem very experience in this field so any advice (also constructive critic) would be VERY welcome! 🙂https://mindset4progress.wordpress.com/2017/12/29/why-92-people-dont-achieve-their-personal-goals/

Hey Aggie! 💕 Thank you so much for your lovely positive comments about my blog & photos! 💖 I do take them myself, I’m so glad you like them, thats so sweet of you to say! 😍

To answer your self-hosting questions: You can move your existing WordPress blog to a different host (eg. SiteGround) which gives you a lot more freedom (design, ads, plugins, etc). You don’t need to redesign anything if you don’t want to either. You can also buy your own domain name whether you decide to go self hosted or not. I brought mine through WordPress before I went self-hosted which means you can drop the WordPress.com part ☺️. I’ve written a step-by-step guide on going self-hosted here: https://hellobexa.com/blogging/six-reasons-why-you-should-go-self-hosted/

Hope that helps! If you have any questions, I’ll be happy to answer them. Great blog by the way! 💖 Hope you have a fabulous New Year 🎉😘 xx

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Hi I’m Bexa!

I live in Southampton, UK. I’m currently studying for my MSc in Science with The Open University. I have a passion for travel, pretty notebooks, and general creativeness. I also like cats, Dr. Martens and sweet potato fries.

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